LEADER 00000nim a22004575a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125043616.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2004 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781400121441 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1400121442 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400121441_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT10755948 037 10755948|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 362.196/9792/0083|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Wooten, James T. 245 10 We are all the same :|ba story of a boy's courage and a mother's love|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cJim Wooten. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2004. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 30 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Alan Sklar. 520 The extraordinary story of the little South African boy whose bravery and fierce determination to make a difference despite being born with AIDS has made him the human symbol of the world's fight against the disease, told by the veteran American journalist whose life he changed.Five million more people contracted HIV last year alone. We've all seen the statistics, and they numb us; on some level our minds shut down to a catastrophe of this scope. As with other such immense human tragedies in the past, it can take the story of one special child's life to make us open our minds and our hearts.While the majority of all AIDS cases occur in Africa, a South African boy named Nkosi Johnson did not become "an icon of the struggle for life," in Nelson Mandela's words, because he was representative but because he was so very remarkable. Everyone who met Nkosi Johnson was struck by his blinding life force, his powerful intelligence and drive, his determination to make something of his short life. By the time of his death, the work he had done in his eleven years on earth was such that The New York Times ran his obituary on the front page, as did many other papers, and tributes appeared on the evening news broadcasts of every major network.Nkosi Johnson did not live to tell his own story, but one writer whose life he changed has taken up the work of telling it for him. Luckily for the world that writer is Jim Wooten. In his hands, We Are All the Same is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit, even as it bears witness to the scope of the tragedy that is unfolding in Africa and around the world, cutting down millions of boys and girls like Nkosi Johnson before they can reach their promise. Written with the brevity and power of a parable, We Are All the Same is a book that is meant to be read by all of us, of all ages and walks of life. Its beginning and ending are terribly sad, but in the middle is the extraordinarily inspiring story of a very unlucky little boy who said, Never mind. I'm going to make my life matter. And he did. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Johnson, Nkosi,|d1989-2001|xHealth. 650 0 AIDS (Disease) in children|xPatients|zSouth Africa |vBiography. 700 1 Sklar, Alan. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 10755948?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400121441_180.jpeg